Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all our customers (and readers)!
If you need a java fix… We don’t have regular Friday hours, but I will be in the shop this Friday, January 2nd, maybe mid-morning to mid-day.  Call ahead, 919.371.2818.
We will be resuming regular hours on Saturday, January 3rd. We will be in the roastery from 8 [...]

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Merry Christmas

You may notice that I usually say Happy Holidays.  To me, this is more than a matter of politicial correctness, as we celebrate multiple religious holidays in our home, and we have many friends from around the world who are non-Christian.  To all of them – Happy Holidays!
But today is Christmas!  So Merry Christmas!
I had [...]

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Some Holiday Housekeeping

What a month it’s been!  We’re grateful to all of you for what has turned out to be a strong December.  But I’ve had about enough holidays… I was listening to a little Pearl Jam today that kinda resonated – Let Me Sleep (It’s Christmas Time), one of their finest, IMHO, and hit a little [...]

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More Teas

We’re increasing the tea selection over the next couple days.  Our friend Gitonga from Kenya imports these teas to the US from his mom’s farm in Kenya.
Keep watching HERE, I should have them all loaded by tomorrow.
http://www.muddydogcoffee.com

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au naturale, anyone?

This is the part that I love about this job – adding new coffees to the menu.  Especially naturals, a particular favorite of mine.
For those wondering, a “natural” is also known as a dry-process coffee because the fruit is dried in the sun instead of dunked in water (which results in a “washed” coffee), which [...]

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Aged Sumatra Temporarily Out of Stock

Dear God, you people can drink some funky coffee.  Last time I stocked out on this (that was like, 3 months ago), I went to full sacks (having previously been buying partial sacks) figuring that would hold you for a while.  No such luck!  We stocked out this week.
It gets worse.  My usual source is [...]

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Crunchy Granola

Literally.
Last night I made some granola bars.  This morning, I wanted to get to the roastery early, so I grabbed some of the granola off the baking sheet, put it in a Pyrex bowl, and off to the shop I went.
I like to share, so I put my granola out to share with customers who [...]

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Size Matters….

I’m talking about coffee bags.  What did you think I was talking about?  The song by Joe Nichols?
This has been an enduring debate here at the roastery.  It was something we didn’t give a lot of thought to in the beginning; we rolled out the company offering retail put-ups in half and full pounds.  That’s [...]

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It’s the little things…

We labor under the assumption that you would like for us to stay in business.  With that in mind, I finally figured out how to exclude active specials (the items with a slash through the regular price, and a lower price in red) from additional discounting, i.e., coupon codes.  This means that for products on [...]

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New Mexico Decaf in the house!

By now you may be getting the idea that I REALLY like Mexican coffee.  One clue is the fact that I have more Mexican offerings than any other origin – five Mexicans at current time!  Right now I’m stocking don Eduardo (also back in the house after an absence!), Oaxaca Mixteca Organic Fair Trade, Chiapas [...]

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